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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
3
Washington reports the United States begins a massive manpower census ahead of the second draft. Registration of nine million men yields a detailed life history across 87 trades to classify for five draft divisions. Classes cover single men, married men with/without dependents, skilled workers, and officials or ministers for possible exemptions.
A long compendium explains WWI draft classifications and exemptions. It details requirements for registrants including birth data entry, occupation lists, dependency claims, income and property, and the 87 listed trades. It notes exemptions for aliens and religious groups and stresses the need to complete questionnaires to avoid Class 1 liability. It references local exemptions boards and legal aid, plus several regional notices and ongoing wartime activities in Wyoming.
Congress updates the income tax law with Information at the source, requiring reporting of annual salaries interest or rent of $800 or more. The measure, for 1917 and later, ends withholding at the source except for specific cases. Mark A. Skinner urges early January submissions to assist the tax office and reduce penalties.
Preliminary crop estimates from the U S Department of Agriculture show Wyoming yields for wheat 4,068,000 bushels vs 3,660,000 last year, oats 9,432,000 vs 8,575,000, potatoes 4,340,000 vs 2,340,000, and all hay 1,257,000 tons vs 1,299,000. Prices on Nov 1: Wheat 213 vs 140 cents, oats 69 vs 52, potatoes 76 vs 100, hay 15.00 vs 11.30 per ton. Eggs 48 vs 37 cents per dozen.
Chan Harvey a 40 year old farmer living near Gillette shot himself after becoming enraged by a breakdown three miles east of Gillette while traveling with Mrs Marie Bedell The coroner's jury reviewed the evidence and returned the verdict that the inability to fix the automobile was the sole cause of his death
Rumors that a change of venue would be sought for John Leibig of Carbon county, accused of killing Louis Senften near Lee, 74 miles north of Rawlins, were denied by the attorney handling the defense.
Orlin Black of Big Piney suffered a painful foot cut from an adze while working, requiring medical attention. The incident occurred during routine tasks and prompted a brief medical check.
A Cheyenne woman, Lacey A. Hoffhine, wife of Charles Hoffhine, shot herself in the Casper area while her husband was away. Despondent over her health, she died at the scene.
Signal supervisor at Granger, Rock Springs area, recovering in hospital after being struck by a train as he returned to Granger. Injury details unavailable but condition not reported as critical. Local railway officials said investigation into the incident is underway.
Describes crowded August parks in Petrograd where crowds debate and speak publicly. Journal notes that many lively conversations resemble village meetings and that Russians excel at talk, with the habit of thinking aloud shaping public discourse rather than revealing dangerous plans.
The article notes Indian volunteers for the U S Army since 1861 and mentions Lt Scott organizing the Seventh Cavalry in 1892. It praises Indian training and soldier qualities and cites Canadian recognition of Indian fighters in Canadian regiments. Lieut Cameron Brant of the Six Nations is cited as among the first to fall, descendant of Capt Joseph Brant.
A railroads war board member hails women’s wartime labor from ammunition trucks to trench digging. The narrative notes Husky Mamie, Cornelius Husk’s daughter, as a figure of resilience. The old man urges gentleness as he passes his daughter’s future to a son-in-law.
The passage from Katherine Cox via the Occult Review recounts a barrister who, after writing letters late at night, misplaced a large check. He dreamed the check curled around a railing near his door and woke to find the check exactly where the dream showed it, then retrieved it in real life.
Sir George Younghusband, after forty years in British service, says Kipling invented Tommy Atkins and the Soldiers Three characters. He notes officers never heard of Tommy Atkins before Kipling wrote about him and questioned many old British officers who all denied prior knowledge.
Prices for metals are listed with New York figures for lead at 6.25 to 6.26 dollars and copper casting at 23.17 percent. Spelter at St Louis is 7.45 dollars, while Boulder shows tungsten concentrates at 60 percent around 20.00 to 22.50 per unit. Crude ores at 60 percent are 20.00 to 25.00, with 26 percent at 12.00 to 12.50 and 10 percent at 9.40 to 12.20 per unit.
Reports say a rich vein of $20 gold has been located in the Mammoth mine at Casa Grande while Calumet Arizona Mining Co. lists October output at 5,230,400 pounds, down from September and August.
Montana and two copper companies release October production figures. Butte and Superior Copper Co reports 12,000,000 pounds of wine? wait, copper output and silver production rise. Anaconda Copper Co lists October copper at 22,336,460 pounds from its own ores, 86 percent of normal. September copper was 2,800,000 pounds. Silver output October 233,000 ounces, up from 210,000 in September.
The El Paso and Douglas smelters are buying silicious ores for the first time in over two years. The Rio Hondo Oil Company of Roswell filed incorporation papers with capital of 250000, $3000 paid up. The Mesa Verde Oil Company, NM, capital 150000, 600000 shares, organized to drill near Aztec and Farmington and begin testing. C B Manville, NY millionaire and Johns Manville VP, visiting U S Copper properties, plans extensive operations soon.
Wyoming reports a heavy gas flow at Sage Creek Petroleum well on Winkelman dome near Caspar in Polson B Spider area. Ohio Oil Company fields a black oil likely to reach new daily barrels as depth hits 1 000 feet.
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